-
US Housing Starts
Read more: US Housing StartsBuilding of single-family units in the United States, roughly two-thirds of the market, fell a modest 2.4 per cent in August, Commerce Department figures showed Thursday. Home construction fell last month after surging to a post-recession high in July, a sign of choppy progress in the housing market. Total US housing starts fell 14.4 per…
-
Canada Wholesale Trade
Read more: Canada Wholesale TradeFollowing three consecutive monthly gains, wholesale sales in Canada decreased 0.3 per cent to $52.9 billion in July, said Statistics Canada Friday. Declines in five subsectors, which together represented 81 per cent of wholesale sales, more than offset an increase in the motor vehicle and parts subsector. Excluding this subsector, wholesale sales declined 1 per…
-
Manufacturing Survey, US
Read more: Manufacturing Survey, USThe pace of growth in the US manufacturing sector rose in August to its highest level since March 2011, according to an industry report released Tuesday. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its index of national factory activity rose to 59.0 from 57.1 the month before. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the…
-
Alberta Forest Industry Trees Planted
Read more: Alberta Forest Industry Trees PlantedMembers of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) planted 65 million trees in forests throughout Alberta during the summer of 2014, the agency announced Wednesday. This works out to 16 trees for every person in Alberta and an average of more than two trees for every tree the industry harvested. In addition to long-term benefits,…
-
Canada Housing Starts
Read more: Canada Housing StartsCanadian housing starts cooled more than expected in August, while the previous month was also revised slightly lower, data showed on Tuesday. A report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp showed the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts slipped to 192,368 last month from a downwardly revised 199,813 units in July. The small…
-
Housing Starts, Japan
Read more: Housing Starts, JapanHousing Starts, Japan According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan’s housing starts in July 2014 were 72,880 units, a 14.1 per cent drop from the same month in the previous year, and was below the result of the preceding year for the fifth consecutive month, said the Japan Lumber Journal Friday.…
-
US Home Sales, Mortgages
Read more: US Home Sales, MortgagesUS foreclosure activity jumped in August for the second consecutive month, industry firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday. Overall, 116,913 properties were at some stage of the foreclosure process, which includes foreclosure notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, the group said. That pushed overall activity up 7 per cent from July. From a year ago, foreclosure…
-
Mattawa Sawmill Sold
Read more: Mattawa Sawmill SoldA shuttered former Tembec sawmill in Mattawa, ON, has been sold to a southern Ontario green-tech startup company, according to Northern Ontario Business Friday. The Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corporation (MBEDC) announced that the BioNorth Technology Group acquired the 187-acre mill property in August. The company needs a minimum of 50,000 cubic metres of fibre annually…
-
Forest Management USA
Read more: Forest Management USATwo American states are in the news this week with big moves in timberland management. North Carolina State University (NCSU) plans to sell most of the Hofman Forest to a company that specializes in sustainable timber management. Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that the Resource Management Service of Alabama, a Timber Investment Management Organization (or…
-
Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool
Read more: Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing ToolInteractive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…
-
Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing Tool
Read more: Madison’s Interactive Lumber Price Web-Based Graphing ToolInteractive Lumber Price Graphing Tool Madison’s web-based interactive lumber price graphing tool will be ready for beta testing next week! This extremely useful tool is driven by the historical dimension lumber and panel prices listed in your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. At first the date range available will be 1990 to present. Also, while our…
-
US Construction Employment
Read more: US Construction EmploymentBuilders and contractors across the US are warning of a looming extreme worker shortage, according to a new study and report released by the Associated General Contractors of America and SmartBrief. Construction Employment United States Twenty-five per cent of US construction firms report turning down work due to labour shortages, finds a recent study by…
-
Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014
Read more: Sawmill Manufacturing Canada: June 2014Lumber production by Canadian sawmills increased 3.3 per vent from May to 5,068.2 thousand cubic metres in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with June 2013, lumber production increased 2.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,457.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in June, a decrease of 6.2 per cent from May.
-
Canada Exports Improvement
Read more: Canada Exports ImprovementCanada’s merchandise exports increased 1.4 per cent in July, while imports edged down 0.3 per cent, according to Statistcs Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July. Exports rose to $45.5 billion, led by motor vehicles and parts. Overall, volumes increased…
-
Trade Deficit, US
Read more: Trade Deficit, USTotal July exports of US$198 billion and imports of US$238.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of US$40.5 billion, down from US$40.8 billion in June, revised, the US Department of Commerce reported Tuesday. July exports were US$1.8 billion more than June exports of US$196.2 billion. July imports were US$1.6 billion more than June…
